Common ground : multifamily housing in Los Angeles /

Common ground : multifamily housing in Los Angeles / Frances Anderton.

"Living in Los Angeles has always been equated with the suburban single-family home with a big backyard. But for decades, L.A. has also been the consummate laboratory for exceptional experiments in multifamily housing--dwellings centered on shared open space, from the central courtyard to the r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderton, Frances (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Santa Monica, California] : Angel City Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Apartment houses > California > Los Angeles.
Housing > California > Los Angeles.
Apartment houses.
Buildings.
Housing.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
California > Los Angeles.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustreĢs.
Table of Contents:
  • Multifamily housing and the California dream
  • Courtyard housing: marketing a fantasy
  • European modernism comes to L.A.
  • Post-war housing: embracing the future
  • Garden apartments and the green commons
  • Courtyard housing rises: affordable and luxury homes
  • From the apartment-hotel to luxe loft living
  • Going big on creating a community
  • Back to the bungalow court: ADUs and the new low-rise housing
  • Enlightened landlords.

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